Fumigator.



F. C. POSTER.

FUMIGATOR.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 31, 1910.

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FRELING C. FOSTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MUN N LILLIE AND ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD `IllO FRANK S. N ORDBURG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FUMIGATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

Application led October 31, 1910. Serial No. 589,844.

T o all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRELING C. FOSTER, a` citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and. State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fumigators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fumigators, and is illustrated diagrammatically in one form in the accompanying drawings, where it is shown applied to an electric fan and to an auto-mobile.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of the device as applied to an electric fan; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a detail section along the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. et, a section along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, an elevation of an automobile wind shield showing one form of the device attached thereto; Fig. 6, a section along the line 6*(3 of Fig. 5.

Like parts are indicated by like letters throughout the several figures, c

The cylindrical tube A .which terminates at one end in the funnel Alis attached to the protecting cage A2 of any suitable elec* tric fan A3 and closed at its other end by the screen A4 carried within the removable cap A5. The receptacle B having the cover B1 ts within the tube A and is provided at either end with the uprights B2, rotatably and slidably mounted upon which is the square shaft B3 carrying the toothed wheels B4 slidably mounted thereon to support the cylindrical wick B5 in a position substantially concentric with the tube A. The cover B:L is provided with the U-shape'd guards 'B6 on either side of the wheels B4 which prevent lateral displacement. The

shaft B3 is provided at its'outer end with the handle C rigidly fixed thereon, by means of which the shaft B3 and wheels B4 may be rotated.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, I have shown the cylindrical tubes A perforated at D and connected in pairs end to end by the coupling bars D1, slotted at D2 to engage the thumb screw and nut D3. The opposite ends of the tubes terminate in the elbows E and tunnels El, in engagement with the opposed sides of t-he wind shield E2. One of thecoupling bars is provided with the rubber or fiber button E3 in contact with the glass of the wind shield to prevent rattling or vibration.

It will be evident that while I have shown 1n my drawings an operative device, still many changes might be made in the size, shape and arrangement of parts, or the applica-tion of the device without departing materially from the spirit of my invention, and I wish, therefore, that my drawings be regarded as in a sense diagrammatic.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: The receptacle is filled with perfumery, which it is desired to permeate the air, the cap is then removed from the tube and t-he receptacle inserted therein, the cap is then replaced and the electric fan started, driving a current of air through the tube, which current will pass through the saturated wick and permeate the air with the fluid. If it is desired to more fully saturate the air, the handle is drawn out and the shaft rotated to bring the wet wick out of the receptacle.

In the modification, the air is forced through the tube by the rapid motion of the automobile and passes through the perforations in the walls of the tube and out through the end of the tube and permeates the atmosphere breathed by those in `the automobile.

I claimz* l. A fumigator comprising a tube open at both ends, means for forcing a current of air therethrough, a liquid-containing receptacle therein, concentric with said tube, toothed 'wheels upon which said wick is mounted.

2. A fumigator comprising a tube o-pen at bot-h ends, means for forcing a current of air therethrough, a liquid-containing receptacle therein, a cylindrical wick within and concentric with said tube, toothed wheels the teeth of which engage the inner surface of the wick, and means for rotating said wheels and wick.

3. A fumigator comprising a tube open at bot-h ends, meansv for forcing a current of air therethrough, and a liquid-containing recepdisinfectant, or other fluid, with a cylindrical wick within. and

tacle therein, standards carried by said receptacle, a shaft slidably and rotatably carried by said standards, toothed wheels slidably carried by`said shaft and a cylindrical wick carried by said wheels.

4. A fumigator comprising a tube open at both ends, means for forcing a current of air therethrough, and a liquid-containing receptacle therein, standards carried by said receptacle, a sha-ft slidably and rotatably carried by said standards toothed Wheels slidably carried by said shaft and a cylindrical Wick carried by said Wheels and means for rotating said shaft.

5. A fumigator comprising a fan having an Open cage thereabout, a conical Haring tube terminating in a cylindrical passage and smaller at its largest diameter than the diameter of the fan, said tube being attached to said cage in such manner that the axis of the tube and the aXis of rotation ofthe fan are substantially coincident, a receptacle Within said cylindrical extension and liquid saturated material located Within said tube and projecting :trom said receptacle.

6. A fumigator comprising a funnel, a cylindrical extension therefor, a cap at the end of said extension, a liquid containing receptacle Within said extension and a hollow cylindrical .wick projecting from said receptacle and located Within said extension.

7. A fumigator comprising a funnel having a cylindrical extension, a liquid containing receptacle located Within said extension, and a tubular Wick substantially concentric with said extension and projecting upwardly.

from said receptacle.

FEELING C. FOSTER.

"Witnesses:

FRANCIS W. PARKER, Jr., MINNIE M. LINDENAU. 

